New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-08
WON BY THE ATLANTIC.
acpTsMEN TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
..,,v WINNERS IN THE SEVERAL CLASSES AT THE
ATLANTIC CLUB REGATTA.

r,xxrps IN THE SEVERAL CLASSES AT THE
ATLANTIC CLUB REGATTA.
rrbere was jubilee at Bay Ridge iaso h9ho'
c,srv .sold salt" along the shore-and there are a
- many of them-turned out to celebrate the
s,,sd victory of the pride of the town. The big
ioon Atlantic, whose queer model has been the SUP
.t n, 40 much Jest that her designer denied having
I'm tho lines and whose chances OF defeaung any
cbt OF her size have hitherto been cohsl@reu aa
!t.me,y remote, had won race in fine style ana
49,. was cause enough for rejoicing. she was Gu
- in tho Atlantic Yacht Club annual regatta
,nst sueh famous flyers the Priscilla, Galalea'
SHAMROCK Titania, Oracle, Fanny and onooioiih'
"a tho average yachtsman would nave Deeh "HiinE
49, ,arer his right to live that she would hinsh wen
- 90 all these boats on tho contrary she lea the
act all around the thirty-seven milo coursc an" "'
,uauv outsaled her peers in every way
-, chor,rock TOO, made a splendid record anu
-, .slt IA DO about the best boat of her inches
a. America Although belonging u sihaHoi N's
1on tho Priscilla and GaaIea, she peat INC ioin'e
g. ni,utes thirty-esht seconds ana the Iae'oI eN
INo Ni' -, G. secouds over tho course without
iio,ronca and was only ten SECONDS pehlhu INC
."I1ntIc NJ tho finish The Iitanla, oho vi buie %
latest models, with when sne - 80 Sandv Hook
- MIC, 10 wimdwaTd aud return from odhoy NON
,,h,shin for a 800 cup on July 8, was anoweu
,ecntv-seconds by j. Rogers Maxwell new Wohu !.
A v'ith that was beaten twenty mlhu'cs anu on'
second 49,. 90. for starting tho races
= breath OF air stirling dnd ueliso uanA9
.f far ON
Tbr,v-siN o. tho forty SIX yachIS enVeiou a. ' ~
alta were then anoAOIcd oil tho Auahuo uuo NUS
M Bay INd,e, and the Dis s'caleiS 80 y,citinr
inI11i, VITA IDEAS thIOhscd WIN aliAioas 80 =,
'n,,-'.sts AID the tus LucAcnDaon, carrying NC
regatta and JUICES dr'eu sD9r aner II
t,s,tInr Tor something 10 blow uY. ohortiy a,'0t
oclocs a ntue pun Of air came from tLo cast h
was followed by other pus sno IN oe n'i Iegan 10
tst under way. Az IL :37:O1 the prelMa'ol! e 90,
"a lr from the bluff near the cluD houS', "i be
NM. i, lie first five GLASSES 10 start on tho io4S
comr.e down through the NarrOws 10 Duoy Ne
an bin fo and around sandy HOOK lghtshiP anu
iack tic same way 10 saAeGoat al quo! ~, w.. and
iIne AtuutIc nrst boat across tAc mn o'1rI
~ Ixas perhaps fortunate that she was, IoI sue
n favorable slant Oi wand which ehaD.eu nd in ttat
Hav get a long lead. The wind was gradually snil I
ing around toward the souIheas| az" IT, inns before
We're compelled 10 tack TWO ana thIee ono law -
getting oil Dix's Island, where they c0eiu LAY o |"
Straight course for Buoy NO. ~; Inc iaii," sy -.
away second and then came the Hhue5aLue' % IA, -
Snss FANNY Huron, Galatea, Agnes, fiI7c 10 a.
Stranger Oracle and ona in the order named Inc Inc
achts in these classes the line, but she quietly
made up lost time ana getting Won 70 Rort Wad
succeeded passing most OF them Oeiolc f9' " md
worth was abeam The yachts In class ~ " II eiG
were started II AZ :Ol and those IN - a. d "iG
We're the same as for the large boats except that tt!
rounded Buoy No. of the northern pont % oro
in Classes n and returned after rounding scotland
Lisbtship, ana the others only went as lar as Buoy
NJ The Atlantic passed Buoy No. 10 at ;o2 80, an
1eost three miles ahead OF all Othcfs Vi INC NC.
me Shamrock was second at that marx az ~ oO,
and then came the Priscilla at 1870, the 1ltaIua
JIG 40 Fanny 1 10 80, and Ga atea ~ 20. AiUI
rounding the sandy Hook Llghtsbp the hfsO tnic
boats were in about the same relative P0StOh. my
Atlantic had, however, shown unexpected quahIos
and had beaten tho Shamrock four minutes ana hVe
seconds, and the Priscilla seven minutes ana MY
eeconds In the beat from Buoy No. 10. she fOuhdtu
q, . 40 - broke out her spinnaker at once and
SowIed along hOmewad before the wind at spienlld
mace The Shamrock went around at goa 90 thc
s,risciIa at 80 20, the Gaatea at 100 20, the
tinderella at 8 :O6 22, the Tftana at 31O:2o ana
Tde Fanny at 3:14:I0. The Others followed at IN
tervals OF two and three minutes apart. Inc run
home was uneventful, the wind being AFT or on the
starboard quarter and giving none OF tho yachts an
opportunity for gaining an ADVANTAGE, over ahOthei,
Through maj asIVring. When the Atlantic crossed
the line fan in the lead the whistles OF the steamer
near there and the cheers OF the people
on their decks created pandemonum that might
have been heard at the Battery. She beat the PTS
ella the second boat in her class, sixteen minutes
for1v-one seconds In Class the Gelala beat the
Agnes seventeen minutes fifty seconds; In CIaS
@ the shamrock twenty minutes one secOnd
nbead of the Tania: in Class f the Huron beat the
Undegarle six minutes ifty-nine seconds; In Ciass
r the Cinderella beat the ROamer thirteen minutes
in Class G. the Adelaide beat the Enterprise ten
minutes twenty seconds in Class The MI-tral beat
fhe Uderan fOrty-eiyht seconds in Class the KAN
CARGO beat the Arab four minutes five seconds: N
Class L the Srene beat the Pilot twenty-five minutes
efty-four seconds. and in Glass VI the Marjorie Dca
The NosouitO eleven minutes fifty seven seconds.
The start, finish, actual and corrected une "efr
Is follows: